CANADA STOCKS-Futures higher as commodity prices rise

March 11 (Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a higher opening for Canada’s main stock index on Friday, following a recovery in metal and crude oil prices.

March futures on the S&P TSX index were up 0.93 percent at 7:35 a.m. ET.

Canada’s labor market report, due at 8:30 a.m. ET, is expected to show the economy added 9,000 jobs in February, offsetting the loss seen the month before. The unemployment rate is expected to remain at a two-year high of 7.2 percent .

Canada’s main stock index fell in volatile trade on Thursday, just its second slip in 11 sessions, as investors looked past the European Central Bank’s rate cuts and expansion of stimulus to focus on signals that there would be no further cuts.

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